Henry wilson toler



UNITED STATESI vPATENT OFFICE.

HENRY WILSON TOLER, OE OARTHAGE, ALABAMA, AssIeNon OE'ONEIIALE ToROMULUs Y. woODs, OE SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,192, dated November7, 18,93. Application tiled May 20, 1893. Serial No. 474,908. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, HENRY WILSON TOLER, a cltlzen of the United States,residingat Carthage, in the county of Hale and State of Alabama, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplings; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description ofthe invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which itap pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specication.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in carcouplings of that class known as arrow head, and it has for its obJectsamong others to provide a simple and cheap car coupling that can bereadily applied to cars now in use without any material change thereinso that it may be readily adopted by the railroad companies, the greatobJection to Inost of the car couplings being that they necessitate suchmaterial changes in the rolling stock.

My invention has for a further object the provision of a simple andcheap device for uncoupling, whereby all necessity of going between thecars is avoided. The coupling is accomplished automatically.

Other objects and advantages of the inve'ntion will hereinafter appearand-the novelY features thereof will be specically defined by theappended claim.

The invention in this instance resides in the peculiar combinations, andthe construction, arrangement and adaptation of parts, all as more fullyhereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularlypointed out in the claim. I

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon,form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure l is a side elevation showing theopposingends ofv two couplings constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through one of thecouplings. Fig. 3 is a .perspective view of the uncoupling'devicedetached Like letters of reference indicate like Vpartsthroughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates aportion of a dra'whead having the usual mouth a, within which is held atransverse pin B upon which is loosely pivoted the coupling dog O whichhas a hooked outer` end c as shown; the hooked end may be pointed ortapered if desired to facilitate its better riding over the pin of theopposing drawhead as the cars come together. These coupling dogs in theopposing drawheads are so arranged as to allow one to pass the other sothat when the cars couple the dogs will lie alongside each other.

Upon the bottom of the mouth of the drawhead there is secured a metallicwear plate B upon which the dog rests as shown in Fig. 2.

The Operation of this part of theinvention will be clearly understood;as the cars come together the hooks of the dogs ride upon and catch overthe pin of the opposite drawhead; when thus coupled there is a doublecouple or lock for should the hook of one dog break or by any meansbecome disengaged from its pin the other will be suflicient to hold thecars together but when the two are employed they assist each other inbearing the strain and areV not liable to break or to become thrown fromtheir pins.

In order to uncouple when desired without the necessity of going betweenthe cars I have provided an uncoupling device which is 'shown detachedin Figg; it consists essentially of a rod D journaled in suitablebearings as d on the front of the car and having its outer end extendedbeyond the car and bent at right angles to its length or parallel withthe length of the car; its other end is bent at'tright angles to itslength and also at a right angle to the handle portion as shown at d soas to normally stand vertically against the end of the car as shown inFig. l. This end is again bent at right angles to the vertical portionas seen at eand this latter portion carries a plate or lifter E whichhas ashape in cross section substantially like a V as will be understoodfrom Fig. 3; this is arranged to engage the under side of the dogs atthe apex of the triangle of the lifter and elevate the dogs so as todisengage their hooked ends from their pins when desired; this is accom-IOO plished by simply turning the handle portion a lifter platesubstantially V shaped in cross Io of the unconpler rod. Itautomatically resection to engage the nn'der side of the dog,

turns to its normal position by gravity. substantially as shown anddescribed.

What I claim as new is- In testimony whereof Ialix my signature in Thecombination with a drawhead havpresence of two Witnesses.

ing a. mouth and a hooked dog pivoted on a HENRY WILSON TOLER.

pin Within said mouth, of ya-lever pivotally Witnesses:

mounted on the end of the car and having a. CAD JONES,

handle portion and at the other end carrying P. A. TUTWILER.

